| "Even the Bad Times Are Good" | ||||
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| Single by the Tremeloes | ||||
| from the album Here Come the Tremeloes | ||||
| B-side | "Jenny's Alright" | |||
| Released | 28 July 1967 | |||
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| Length | 2:36 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mike Smith | |||
| The Tremeloes singles chronology | ||||
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"Even the Bad Times Are Good" is a song written by British group the Tremeloes, released as a single in July 1967. It became their third consecutive top-ten hit in the UK and continued their international success. [1]
"Even the Bad Times Are Good" was written by songwriting duo Peter Callander and Mitch Murray. The song was a contender for Sandie Shaw to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967; however, it lost out to the eventual Eurovision winner "Puppet on a String". After this, the song was quickly picked up by the Tremeloes who first released their version in May 1967 on their album Here Comes the Tremeloes. Following the number-one success of "Silence Is Golden", "Even the Bad Times Are Good" was released as a single with the B-side, "Jenny's Alright", written by the Tremeloes' Len "Chip" Hawkes and Alan Blakley. [2]
Reviewing for Disc and Music Echo , Penny Valentine described the song as "another saga of simplicity and drum-thumping much in the vein of "Here Comes My Baby". For one moment at the beginning when everyone broke into extraordinary cackling I had my doubts and wondered if the Tremeloes were about to freak out. But ah, no, here we go, lads – thump, bang, crash, wallop". [3]
7": CBS / 2930 (UK)
7": Epic / 5-10233 (US and Canada)
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Argentina (Escalera a la Fama) [4] | 3 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] | 46 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] | 9 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] | 8 |
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8] | 7 |
| Denmark (Danmarks Radio) [9] | 13 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 22 |
| Germany (Official German Charts) [11] | 18 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [12] | 7 |
| Israel (Kol Israel) [13] | 1 |
| Malaysia (Radio Malaysia) [14] | 4 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [15] | 7 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] | 3 |
| New Zealand ( Listener ) [17] | 2 |
| Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) [18] | 1 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio) [19] | 2 |
| Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [20] | 5 |
| Sweden ( Tio i Topp ) [21] | 2 |
| UK Melody Maker Top 30 [22] | 5 |
| UK New Musical Express Top 30 [23] | 5 |
| UK Record Retailer Top 50 [1] | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [24] | 36 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 [25] | 44 |
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